Phillip Schofield is reportedly the top target for this year's edition of Strictly Come Dancing following his exit from This Morning.
The presenter stepped down from hosting the ITV daytime show after 21 years a week ago following rumours of a rift with his long-time co-star Holly Willoughby.
ITV has said that it will continue to work with Schofield on other projects, including the British Soap Awards early next month, but The Sun says that he could be tempted by a big-money offer from the BBC.
"Phil is in the sights of Strictly," a source told the newspaper. "They would love to have him on board because of the publicity it would generate for the show.
"Phil has been asked before but this time the offer was more aggressive.
"Since he was axed from This Morning, people have been discussing what they could do with him.
"Phil has had approaches from broadcasters like Channel 5 who are keen to discuss possible projects.
"Given he's currently lying low and trying to work out his next move, it's unlikely he will put on his dancing shoes but stranger things have happened.
"No-one thought he'd ever leave This Morning and look how that ended up."
The new series of Strictly begins on BBC One in September.
Neil Wilkes
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